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Today, around 60 schoolchildren from grades 5 to 9 visited the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig to gain an insight into the work of a modern research institution. They were able to immerse themselves in the fascinating world of science in a total of eight different departments.
03.04.2025
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On March 17 and 18, 2025, the kick-off meeting of the INFRALINK network took place at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig. Six partner institutions will establish a network to facilitate infection research between the public health service and research institutions. The project is being funded by the Volkswagen Foundation with 500,000 euros.
02.04.2025
Josef Penninger
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Science is currently facing major challenges in the United States – and with noticeable impacts on Europe. Research budgets have been and continue to be cut and jobs lost, even in key areas such as health and infectious diseases. A viewpoint from Josef Penninger, Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research.
01.04.2025
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An international research group led by the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a promising new drug candidate against severe lung infections caused by the hospital germ Staphylococcus aureus. The study, which has just been published in Cell Host & Microbe, describes for the first time how small molecules from the quinoxalinedione class specifically block the bacterial toxin α-hemolysin – a key trigger of tissue damage and inflammation.
01.04.2025
Florian Hubrich and Mariia Nesterkina
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Acquiring external funding is an integral part of any young scientist’s path towards an independent research career. Such additional funds not only make their own scientific success visible, but also give them freedom to implement new and possibly riskier project ideas. One funding instrument that focuses on supporting early stage researchers is the Klaus-Tschira-Boost-Fund. In the current round of applications, 15 out of more than 300 applicants were selected to receive funding of up to 120,000 Euros each – amongst them the junior researchers Mariia Nesterkina and Florian Hubrich from the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS). The HIPS is a site of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in collaboration with Saarland University. As so-called “Boost Fellows”, Mariia Nesterkina and Florian Hubrich benefit not only from the funding itself, but also from a series of workshops on career development and gain access to extensive career counseling and coaching services. The funded projects are set to start between April and October 2025 and will run for 24 months.
01.04.2025
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How do viruses and bacteria affect our cognitive abilities? What role do they play in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia? And how can we protect our brain in the long term? In this episode of the HZI podcast InFact, Prof. Martin Korte, head of the research group “Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration” at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), discusses the links between infections, the immune system, and the brain.
26.03.2025

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Biotop Mensch

21.03.2025
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ARD Mediathek

this process. The CiiM is a joint initiative of the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and Hannover Medical School (MHH). Using a

19.03.2025
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MSN.com

... unser Immunsystem altern? Ein Forschungsteam des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (HZI) hat ein KI-basiertes ...

19.03.2025
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LaborPraxis

Slevogt, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH) und Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI), konnte zeigen, dass die ...

18.03.2025
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transkript

... aber vom Tierschutz her schwer zu ertragen." Helmholtz-Institut Greifswald erforscht Verhalten im Umgang mit ...

18.03.2025
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NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk

... Ärztin und Epidemiologin Berit Lange vom Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung kommt in einer Beobachtungsstudie mit ...

17.03.2025
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